Marathon

Are you a middle age human who likes scifi first person shooters, looking for that bungie magic they have nailed for the last 30 years? Are you also the type of person with no kids, no wife, no job and maybe no friends or good friends with a ton of time for a game system were the progress is slow and determined by skill and luck? Are you into Hunt showdown but harder? This game is excelent, its also a niche of a niche of a niche of a niche of a niche of many things. I will never face the compiler, cuz i dont have time, i will never fully lvl up a vendor before the 3month wipe. And with the population so slow, every lobby is a sweatfest, pretty damn fun (seriously). Sadly something so unique made for a few will eventually EOS, unless they "Forskaen" the sht out of it

This game has finally clicked for me. Say what you will but I feel all extraction shooters take a bit until you grasp enough of the mechanics and nuances to guns/loot loops/maps to really start finding a groove. This game's visuals are unparalleled and beautfiul. The gunplay is that classic bungie magic and the later maps and especially cryo are insane in level design genius. While the PvE mode is not that interesting to me, a few runs did give me some cryo map knowledge I didn't have but it will never supplant the actual thrill and fun of playing against other teams. I wish the best for marathon, I want to keep playing it for a long time. The sins of bungie's upper management and Sony's decision around Destiny should not deter you from giving this a shot. We all know the problems the game and studio faces but this is a genuinely great game and I want more. Treat this game as more of a Rogue-like extraction shooter with how generous/decent starter/sponsor kits can be and I recommend getting over the anxiety of trio fills if you don't have a squad sooner than later, the game sings when you have a team and have a shoulder to lean on when you're struggling. REVIEW will make me GOD

mouse controls do not function no matter what I try. how is this possible in the year of our lord: 2026

Great gunplay, some of the most beautifully inspired aesthetics in a game I've ever seen and a genuinely fun gameplay loop andddd its dead... matchmaking doesn't exist and having premade for endgame activities isn't a suggestion, it's a requirement. You will go against team after team of pinnacle gear players who farm you like npcs while your drooling troglodyte teammates are learning how to use wasd. The current meta is wiping the entire lobby as it's the best way to guarantee no interruptions for the actually pretty fun ingame activities, but this means you either are losing your gear within seconds or making a fat bag. Which brings us to this point: This is barely even an extraction game, at this point with movement, hero abilities and the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ meta, this is a battle royale with extra steps. The only solve for this is more players to widen the gap but that ship has sailed, if you think you are above it, by all means give it a shot there will be a ton of fun in there if you can grit your teeth. But I'm putting money that you'll most likely be joining the 93% of players that gave it a shot and left (Actual statistic btw). All there is now just a sad husk of an amazing game.

Marathon is a weird beast and you should absolutely play it. I've recently reached level 100 and unlocked 100% of the 14 achievements... and I'm going to stick around for the next few seasons and she how it goes as they reboot it into whatever comes next. More PvE and story I hope. I'd love to watch a "heart of darkness" style documentary on the making of this thing because I bet it's an absolute wild ride of a lot of powerful rich people making a lot of bad choices over and over while the rest of the team are putting in their best work to build something this beautiful.

Rather crush my ♥♥♥♥ with a rock than play this game bungie is a pathetic excuse that allows cheaters and losers of all flavors to ruin everything they make the name the legacy the company means nothing honestly, if its got bungie on it ill steer clear from now on. ♥♥♥♥ off.

honestly this game is getting worse and worse by the week, super glitchy, horrible moderation for their voice chat, cryo archive is literal dog water if you go with good loot good luck getting close to security 2 without having to go into control but if you go in with green shields you'll be almost security lvl 3 by the end of the second room/

Among the very best pvp shooters ever made, but not everyone will have the patience to excel at it. On the merits of the art and sound design alone, Marathon is easily worth the asking price, and I'd even say $40 is an absolute steal.